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Libby leads Herbert Smith Freehills' Alternative Legal Services (ALT) practice. ALT delivers innovative and cost-competitive legal services in respect of high-volume, document-intensive work. Launched in 2015, it offers a combination of legal expertise, process efficiency and client technology solutions. As Global Head of Practice, Libby leads this highly innovative part of the firm's business to ensure it delivers new ideas and excellent value to clients, as well as providing access to an expert team of lawyers and technologists around the world, who together form a multi-lingual, diverse and high-performing team. Libby joined Herbert Smith Freehills as a trainee solicitor in London in 1994. After several years of practice, primarily in large-scale commercial litigation, she moved into a legal practice management role and was responsible for setting up Herbert Smith Freehills' pioneering Belfast office when it opened in 2011. This was the first UK-based, near-shore legal operation to be set up by an international law firm. Libby became a Partner, and Global Head of Practice for ALT, in 2017. ALT is now a multi-million pound global business with eleven hubs across the US, UK, South Africa, Greater China and Australia. Libby holds a first class degree in law from the University of Warwick.